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... and then it was Friday.

Yes, Friday at the San Diego Comic Con is one of the busiest and fun days: More CosPlay, more panels, more attendees, and more things in general going on.

Unlike that past three years, I opted to avoid the Hall H lines from Hell and chose to explore and enjoy the rest of the Convention. Frankly, as 'successful' as my Hall H endeavors were last year, I missed out on 2 full days of the CosPlayers and other events and sales going on. I figured that if I'm going to spend so much time and money to get to the Convention, I might as well get as much out of it as possible.

This also included my dressing up in my Star Fleet uniform, a la Deep Space Nine, circa Season 5:

Still, I was determined because I wore my TNG style uniform last year, but because we were in Hall H all day, I never had a chance to take photos with it.

Note: I may have been the only one wearing this style of uniform. In fact, there weren't that many Star Trek costumes floating around that I saw, aside from this wild pack of Klingons I bumped into later in the day. [Sadly, the footage I took of them has been lost. Oy, I think I just forfeited my Raktajino machine.]

Most of the people there (around 7:30 am) would have been able to get in by the first panel. There were easily another 1,000 people behind them, though. 

Getting back into the start of the day, I awoke on Friday around 5:30am - late by Comic Con standards. My brother and I were able to take a leisurely drive to our choice parking at the Hilton Bayfront, had breakfast, then scanned the layout of the grassy Bayfront Plaza where Fox built a Simpsons themed mini-park, including a huge Homer Simpson head poking out from the ground:

GamesRadar had a special preview booth of their new Alien Isolation game. Lucky attendees entered the egg-shaped chamber and witnessed a preview.  When they left, they all looked a little shaken. The wait was too long (a common theme) but it was cool to see the set up itself.

The remainder of the day included getting a massage (highly recommended for attendees - carrying bags all day really puts wear and tear on your back and feet) and buying things.

Thus endeth Friday. Tomorrow is another day: That day is Saturday, aka Hall H Day!  Check out my next entry in a week titled "Saturday...we're waking up when?!"